The 15-Ounce Pound: Big Pharma’s Plan To Patent Pot by Joseph R. Pietri

In the United States, cannabis is currently illegal under federal law; this book investigates how big pharmaceutical companies + others are looking at the end game of legality- controlled by them. The leaders of the cannabis industry want to legalize marijuana with taxation + regulation, but the pharmaceutical industry cannot take over medical cannabis without first shutting down the scene today. This book looks at a situation where major players, using the IRS + DEA as means of removing other players, may tightly control legalized production. With history + explosive, behind-the-scenes looks at big pharma collusion, this book is both an expose´ + an in depth look at the arc of legalization, including a corporate controlled scheme of patenting marijuana strains. Author Joseph R. Pietri is a former drug smuggler who is a legal purveyor of cannabis for medicinal purposes + is the author of King of Nepal. He lives in Oregon.Paperback. 188 pages.